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Sports NewsSurf Life Saving New Zealand Pool ChampsThese were held in Wellington during the school holidays, and a number of students attended. Kassie Avison (Year 9) didextremely well coming home with a Silver medal in the U14 womens 4 x 50 Medley Relay. She was also 4th U14 womens 4 x 25mbrick carry, 4th U14 womens 4 x 50m obstacle relay, 5th U14 womens 100m tube swim with Patient & Fins. The photo showsKassie with her silver medal.Hawke’s Bay AMP ShowCongratulations to Courtney Mason, Year 11, who won the Under 17 Competitionfor Mounted Games at the recent Hawke’s Bay AMP Show.Kassie AvisonHawke’s Bay VolleyballCongratulations to Elise Horne who has been chosen for the Hawke’s Bay Under17 Volleyball team. During the holidays they travelled to Auckland to competeon a national scale against other provinces from all around New Zealand. Theywon against Waikato in the semi-finals and advanced into the finals. Sadly,they lost in the finals to North Harbour. This is the best placing that Hawke’sBay has achieved in years and Elise is proud to have represented this team fortwo years.Courtney MasonElise HorneJunior VolleyballJunior Volleyball is going ahead inleaps and bounds! Every week thegames have become more andmore exciting as the rallying andserving has improved.There are two teams currentlytraining on Monday’s andFriday’s and playing in theHawke’s Bay SecondarySchools’ Competition onWednesday nights at the Pettigrew-GreenArena. Each team is a mix of Year 9 and 10 students who all workextremely well together. Co-Captains for the Napier Girls’ High School Blue team areSaar Lichtenberg-Cloo and Laina Samia while Rachael Grant and Brianna Curran areCo-Captains for the Napier Girls’ High School White team. Other returning playersinclude Mae Miller, Courtney Ribbon and Grace Spencer who have been training yearround for the up and coming tournaments. There are two weekend tournamentscoming up over the next two weeks which will include seeding for the North Islandcompetition in Wellington 26th to 30th November. The girls are busy training, playingand fundraising for these events.With a group of 22 students, most are new to the sport but are keen to improveand learn. Their skill level improves visibly each week and the games are exciting towatch. Both teams will be playing at the Pettigrew-Green arena Friday and Saturdayin an Open Tournament on the 9th and 10th November and it would be great tosee some supporters . The next Seeding Tournament will be on the 16th and 17th ofNovember where the Blue team will be fine tuning their skills to compete againstother North Island teams in Wellington.Many thanks to coachesMr. A. Samia, Mr. P. Lichtenbergand Mr. V. Uili for volunteeringtime to coach these teams. Ms. M.Wright and Ms. S Poole for raisingtheir hands to be team managersand to Mrs. D. McKenzie formanaging volleyball at NapierGirls’ High School.Duke of EdinburghNew Duke of Edinburgh StudentsOn Wednesday, 21 November, 6pm, in the hall, there will be an informationevening for students and their parents who are interested in participatingin the Duke of Edinburgh Award programme. This is an opportunity foryou to hear what the programme involves, listen to students who haveparticipated in the awards, see the gear which the students will requireand ask any questions which you may have. Year 9 and 10 students areable to participate in the Bronze Award. Registration forms will be availablefrom Thursday evening. All students wishing to participate in Bronze Dukeof Edinburgh in 2013 must have their registration forms in by Friday 30December.Bronze Duke of Edinburgh TrampsThe final two tramps for Duke of Edinburgh are happening soon. TrampOne is 17-18 November and Tramp Two is 1-2 December. It is importantall students involved are preparing for these tramps with regular training.Once these tramps are completed it is important students get their bookscompleted and signed off quickly so they are able to register and start theSilver Award.Hawke’s Bay Secondary SchoolsSports Awards 2012The awards were at the Napier Municipal Theatre on Monday 5thNovember. We were very proud of the way our students presentedthemselves for this evening. Congratulations to Brianna Massie and AuroraAkauola for receiving Merit Awards for the Hawke’s Bay Secondary SchoolSportswomen of the year category. Our Orienteering team also received aMerit Award in the Teams category and Derek Morrison was the winner ofthe Coach of the year category. Vicky Lassen was awarded a Service Awardfor her many years of service to sport at Napier Girls’ High School.We are very lucky at Napier Girls’ High School to have many dedicated staff,coaches and managers that encourage and support our students to reachtheir potential. Thank you to everyone who has assisted us this year.Mrs VennellHead of Sport